Luckily, all the BG kids are bookworms, so reading matter always features heavily on Christmas lists. The festive season is also a great excuse to splash out on those illustrated gift editions that might seem a little extravagant at other times of the year. We've picked our selection of the best new gift books for a range of ages - you can always buy a tiny tot a special book to be kept for later - from ABCs and 123s to atlases and compendia, via pop-ups and poetry. We've linked to online stores, but we love to support our local bookshops and it's definitely worth checking out independents such as the wonderful Smallprint Books, where you'll find a plethora of gorgeously illustrated books you might not spot elsewhere. Just think how fabulous those bookshelves will look in the New Year...
Watch out for our selection of festive stories for your Christmas Eve boxes coming soon.

(Chronicle, RRP £14.99)

(Thames & Hudson, RRP £8.95)

A Ladybird Book 123: Vintage Gift Edition (Penguin, RRP £12.99)

(Bloomsbury, RRP £14.99)

(Phaidon, RRP £10.95)

(Owl and Dog, RRP £11.99)

An Animal ABC by Alice Patullo
(Pavilion, RRP £12.99)


Dogs in Cars by Felix Massie
(Flying Eye Books, RRP £14.99)

(Thames & Hudson, RRP £12.95)


(Laurence King, RRP £15.95)

by A. A. Milne (Egmont, RRP £35)


by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski

(Macmillan, RRP £12.99)

(Wide Eyed Editions, RRP £14.99)


by Susie Hodge

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